Senior Labour figures are facing an official investigation over their roles in a "cash for access" lobbying scandal.

Labour said it would crack down on lobbying by former ministers in an attempt to defuse a political scandal after several of its senior MPs were secretly recorded discussing potential opportunities in the private sector

The problem: The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches program have caught ex Labour ministers out offering to sell their influence over other Labour ministers. They cite examples of where policies have been changed thanks to such bought influence. One ex Labour minister even describes himself as a taxi for sale. The boasts rely on undue influence over serving ministers. This story will soo...

Former Labour cabinet ministers have been accused of offering to use their political influence in return for payments of thousands of pounds.

Anne Moffat, the Labour MP, could be deselected for the general election after her local party voted last night that she should not stand as a candidate.

The Speaker of the House of Commons has admitted it will take five years for Parliament to recover from the MPs' expenses scandal.

Telegraph View: It would be unjust not to tell the public which MPs are still under investigation in the expenses scandal

A Conservative MP embroiled in the expenses scandal has been linked to a bizarre plot by a close male friend to stop Esther Rantzen being elected to Parliament.

If two things fuelled the rise of the BNP last year, then they were probably the mainstream parties' reluctance to talk about immigration and a general disillusionment with Westminster politicians in the wake of the expenses scandal.  There are tentative signs that the parties are getting their act together on the first.  And, now, Nick Griffin  may have undermined his own part...

Pope Benedict will be received by Queen Elizabeth in his historic visit, which risks being overshadowed by a snowballing sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic church